Hendawg212 Posted December 5, 2010 Posted December 5, 2010 Its not done yet, but im excited to announce i have found a strand of LED lights that run on 3AA batteries that can easily be hidden in the ship. I will run the led's through the hold, captains/first officers cabins and the transparent yellow pieces that are usually used as pirate lamps fit perfectly over the bright white led's to give it a super real effect. I am surprised that there are no other ships on here that have the lamp effect, imagine how cool this will look through the lattice cabin windows at night! Quote
Tazmaniac Posted December 5, 2010 Posted December 5, 2010 changing batteries would be fun unless you had a purpose built ship and plumbing it all in could get super messy but that said I'd love to see it done...... just worry about melted LEGO hahah Quote
Hendawg212 Posted December 5, 2010 Author Posted December 5, 2010 Here is a sample from the back of my sculls eye schooner mk 2. messing around with ways to use the led's before getting the massive MOC underway. Will have alot of lattice windows and huge cabins that are proporional to the ship. No need to worry about meltin legos, the LED's run super super cool. Looks great from all angles, ill try to get more pics up. Here are some more pictures, lookin through the hinged side, and the cabin door. Quote
Hendawg212 Posted December 5, 2010 Author Posted December 5, 2010 Here are some more: changing batteries would be fun unless you had a purpose built ship and plumbing it all in could get super messy but that said I'd love to see it done...... just worry about melted LEGO hahah It actually wont be too hard, using technic plates with the holes (the lights fit perfectly) and a few hollow legos the green cord will be completely sealed. I can actually fit the battery box under the 'new school' ship bottoms since its flat. Pretty excited for this build! Quote
ProducePrincess Posted December 5, 2010 Posted December 5, 2010 This is pretty cool. I'm sure the pictures don't do it justice. Quote
Hendawg212 Posted December 5, 2010 Author Posted December 5, 2010 This is pretty cool. I'm sure the pictures don't do it justice. Totally not, it looks soooo cool in real life in a black room. I would love to upload more better res photos but the 100k attachment limit is keeping me from doing that. The new MOC will dominate this one since it will be much larger and designed to accomidate these LED's Quote
Skalldyr Posted December 5, 2010 Posted December 5, 2010 Wow, that is amazing....I especially like the idea of an illuminated stern. Well done, well done! Quote
Admiral Croissant Posted December 5, 2010 Posted December 5, 2010 Wow, that is amazing....I especially like the idea of an illuminated stern. Well done, well done! Agreed. That looks brilliant I also like the look of the light on the floor, coming out of the captain's cabin. Nice idea. I'm also thinking of putting it in my new ship, but I haven't even started with the ship yet so it's just thoughts now. Anyway, nice idea. Quote
Hendawg212 Posted December 5, 2010 Author Posted December 5, 2010 After a few revisions messing around with flame and other color and intensities of light. A drinking party below decks and the captain drinking with his first officer :) I have 1 guy climbing the net with a lamp and exchanged the over intense yellow lanterns for some flames on the sides. Rum drinkin pirates need good light. Quote
Big Cam Posted December 5, 2010 Posted December 5, 2010 changing batteries would be fun unless you had a purpose built ship and plumbing it all in could get super messy but that said I'd love to see it done...... just worry about melted LEGO hahah L.E.D's consume practically no energy so a battery should rum them for well over a year depending on how often you have them on. Also L.E.D's don't produce any heat so there is no fear of melting LEGO. Totally not, it looks soooo cool in real life in a black room. I would love to upload more better res photos but the 100k attachment limit is keeping me from doing that. The new MOC will dominate this one since it will be much larger and designed to accomidate these LED's Using Eurobricks as an image hosting site is a bad idea since you are allowed so little space. You need to upload your pictures to an external hosting site like brickshelf or my favorite Flickr. Quote
Captain Green Hair Posted December 5, 2010 Posted December 5, 2010 This looks great! Can you tell us where you found these and perhaps share some clear pictures of how the wires are hidden? Thanks! Quote
Hendawg212 Posted December 6, 2010 Author Posted December 6, 2010 Ya this is actually not the MOC that i plan on going hardcore with the LED's on. This is just an experiment to find the right colors and intensities of lights. Ill get an account on brickshelf here in the next few days and upload the LED set i used as well as how i plan on hiding them in the ship itself. Its perfect since the LED's fit exactly into the lantern slots :) I am all about detail so the final MOC may take a little time but it will be worth it. Ill keep updating every other day or so.. Quote
Hendawg212 Posted December 7, 2010 Author Posted December 7, 2010 (edited) IMG_0152_1 by codyhenning, on Flickr IMG_0206 by codyhenning, on Flickr IMG_0194 by codyhenning, on Flickr IMG_0171 by codyhenning, on Flickr Edited December 7, 2010 by Hendawg212 Quote
Hendawg212 Posted December 7, 2010 Author Posted December 7, 2010 IMG_0169_1 by codyhenning, on Flickr IMG_0232 by codyhenning, on Flickr IMG_0176 by codyhenning, on Flickr IMG_0222 by codyhenning, on Flickr IMG_0228 by codyhenning, on Flickr IMG_0189 by codyhenning, on Flickr IMG_0196 by codyhenning, on Flickr IMG_0207 by codyhenning, on Flickr IMG_0156 by codyhenning, on Flickr This one will probibally meet an end soon when i scavenge it for parts to the new MOC. She had a good run.. IMG_0224 by codyhenning, on Flickr Quote
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